The recent 20th anniversary celebrations of the fall of Berlin wall had an unlikely fallout here in India. The hopeless romantics amongst us got off indulging in unnecessary and ill-informed banter about Indo-Pak unification. What made it incredible was the fact that such discussions were being spearheaded by people you’d normally believe to be well read.
Many years ago, as part of a school competition, I had written an article about the basis for formation of a nation. I’ll try and reproduce the gist of the piece and add my two cents of learning since then.
Every nation in history has had its foundation in either one or both of the two basic pillars - religion and language. Notwithstanding invasions and temporary conquests, these have been the only unifying factors.
